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Best Federal lawyer Michael Leonard on filing a renewed bond motion in federal court cases. As discussed in prior posts, a federal criminal defendant can utilize a variety of arguments in attempting to win his/her bond motion. Sometimes the efforts made by defense...
Top Federal Lawyer Michael Leonard explains posting of property in federal bond hearings. As discussed in prior posts, one of the early, and most important, court proceedings in many federal criminal cases is the bond/detention hearing. Quite often, the government...
Best Federal Lawyers explain the two most important factors in federal bail determinations. The first significant decision that needs to be made by the court when a defendant is charged with a federal crime is whether he/she will remain in custody until the time of...
Top Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyers explain Federal Supervised Release. In conjunction with the vast majority of federal criminal sentences, the defendant is also given a term of "Supervised Release.” Practically, this is attune to old school probation. Meaning that,...
Best Chicago Criminal Lawyer Michael Leonard reviews Seventh Circuit decision regarding the issue of suicide under the Bail Reform Act. The case is United States v. Storme, No. 23-2615. The Seventh Circuit judges on the Opinion are Brennan, Scudder, and St. Eve. In...
Top Chicago criminal defense lawyer Michael Leonard appears on Apple podcast “One Minute Remaining” regarding Damian Skinner case. Michael Leonard and “One Minute Remaining” host Jack Laurence analyze the California trial and murder conviction of Mr. Skinner. This is...
As a best Federal criminal defense lawyer, I am often asked - including recently - on what to do when contacted by the Feds - including Federal Agents or Federal prosecutors. This is an important question. All too often defendants in Federal criminal prosecutions have...
As a best Federal lawyer, Michael Leonard discusses cross-examining expert witnesses in Federal criminal jury trials. As discussed in recent posts, a Federal criminal defense lawyer can take an aggressive and active role with respect to: 1) filing and pursuing...
Top Federal Criminal Lawyer Michael Leonard continues discussion on examining expert witnesses in Federal criminal jury trials. We addressed the use of pre-trial motions in response to the government’s disclosure of expert witnesses in Federal criminal jury trials in...
Best federal lawyer Michael Leonard discusses examination of expert witnesses in federal criminal trials. In virtually every federal criminal trial, the government identifies and calls at trial one or more expert witnesses. These witnesses may provide testimony...